Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pn reflx] [adv] [adv prt] of the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly the dwarf was tearing himself wildly out of the trooper 's hands , his arms still pinioned , sliding past them towards the darkness behind . |
| 2 | Swinging herself hastily out of the car , she slammed the door . |
| 3 | Two striking bodies were swimming after the big man , lifting themselves rhythmically out of the water with the butterfly stroke . |
| 4 | These birds , with now and then a solitary Rhynchops and frigate bird ( Tachypeles aquilus ) , were all of the feathered race that I observed in these heated latitudes , a part of the voyage which always hang heavily upon those destined to visit these distant regions ; by me , however , it was not so much felt , the monotony being relieved by the occasional occurrence of a whale , whose huge body rolled lazily by ; by a shoal of porpoises , which sometimes perform most amusing evolutions , throwing themselves completely out of the water , or gliding through it with astonishing velocity ; or by the occasional flight of the beautiful flying fish , when endeavouring to escape from the impetuous rush of the bonito or albacore . |
| 5 | The boy 's head came up sharply , the green eyes flashed their invariable challenge , and flew back jealously to the shape of the opening flower that was heaving itself painfully out of the wood . |
| 6 | The great , grey stones seemed to be heaving themselves up out of the earth like pieces of ancient bone , to squat in the alien flesh of the present . |